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Translation (Seng Pan & Keita Kurabe)
I am telling you a story about good-tempered and bad-tempered people. Once upon a time, there lived a good-tempered family and an bad-tempered family. The bad-tempered family did not agree with each other in anything they did. The good-tempered family, on the other hand, were united in whatever they did. The good-tempered family members made hunting their business. One day, the man of the good-tempered family set a trap in the forest and went to see if his prey had been caught. When he arrived at the place where he had set the trap, he found a tiger and tried to kill it. He tried to kill the tiger in the trap. When he tried to kill it, the tiger said, "Hunter, please don't shoot me!" "I have a family like you." "I have to look after them." "So please don't kill me!" "I will give you whatever you ask." The man asked, "What will you give me?" "When you go home" "put every basket out in front of your house." "I will return the favor." So the man did not kill the tiger. He went home. When he returned home, his wife, who was waiting at home, asked, "What did you get today?" The man replied, "I didn't get anything." "A tiger was trapped." "That tiger asked me not to kill it." "It told me to put all the baskets out in front of our house." "It said it would return the favor." He replied to his wife. The good-tempered family was of one mind. The wife, the children, and the whole family did as he said. They put all the baskets out in front of their house. Then they went to bed. The next morning, all the baskets were full of gold. Thus they became very wealthy. When they became wealthy, they helped people in need in their neighborhood. Rumours of this came to the ears of the bad-tempered family. The man from the bad-tempered family came and asked the man from the good-tempered family, "Brother, you do nothing but hunt." "How did you become so wealthy?" The good-tempered man said, "I trapped a tiger in the forest." "When I tried to kill it" "it asked me not to kill it." "It said it would return the favor." He explained what had happened to him. The man from the bad-tempered family set a trap in the forest in the same way. Indeed, a tiger was caught in the trap. The tiger asked him for forgiveness. It said that it would repay him if he did not kill it. Then the bad-tempered man went home. When he arrived home, his wife asked, "Did you not catch anything?" He told her everything the tiger had asked him to do. But she did not believe him. What did she say instead of believing him? "Where would such gold come from?" "There will only be tiger dung in the baskets!" But the man wanted to become wealthy. Unnoticed by his wife, he put all the baskets out in front of his house. Then he went to bed. Then since they did not agree with each other next morning all the baskets were full of tiger dung. They were all full of tiger dung. Since then, the bad-tempered family changed their minds. They did not say a bad word. They were of one mind. They lived happily with their neighbors. Thank you very much.
Transcription (Lu Awng & Ja Seng Roi)
Ya hkai dan na maumwi gaw "Myit n kaja ai wa hte myit kaja ai wa a lam" re. Moi shawng de da, myit grai n kaja ai nta langai mi hte myit grai kaja ai nta langai mi nga ai da. Myit grai n kaja ai nta na ni gaw shanhte shada da hpa mi tsun, jahta, bawng ban, jahkrup tim, langai hte langai myit n hkrum ma ai da. Rai ti mung myit kaja ai nta kaw na ni bai rai yang gaw hpa mi sha tsun tim yawng myit hkrum myit ra rai ma ai da. Ndai myit kaja ai nta na ni gaw nam de shan tam sha na kan bau ma ai da. Lani mi hta gaw, ndai myit kaja ai nta na la wa gaw nam de shan hkam da ai majaw shan lu n lu sa yu ai da. Dai shan hkam da ai shara kaw du re shaloi gaw sharaw langai mi hpe mu na gap na hkyen ai da. Dai dau taw ai sharaw hpe gap sat na hkyen ai da. Dai hku shi sharaw hpe gam na hkyen re shaloi gaw sharaw wa ga shaga pru wa ai da. "E, jau gawng wa e, ngai hpe hkum gap law." "Ngai mung nang na zawn sha kashu kasha ni nga ai." "Shanhte yawng hpe ngai yu bau ra ai." "Dai majaw ngai hpe hkum gap sat." "Ngai nang hypi ai hpa rai tim jaw na," ngu tsun ai da. Shaloi dai la wa gaw "Ngai hpe hpa jaw na," ngu tsun rai yang she "Ya nang nta de wa na" "nanhte nta kaw nga ai shingnoi, katawng, singka ni yawng hpe nta shawng kaw shaw shale da u." "Ngai chyeju sa htang ya na," ngu tsun ai da. Dai la wa mung kaja wa sha sharaw hpe n sat na nta de wa sai da. Nta kaw du re shaloi she nta kaw la nga ai madu jan gaw san sai da. "Dai ni nang hpa shan lu wa ai rai?" ngu san re shaloi gaw Dai la wa gaw "Hpa shan mung n lu ai." "Sharaw langai gaw dau taw ai re wa she" "dai sharaw wa gaw shi hpe n sat na matu tsun na" "ngai hpe nta kaw nga manga shingnoi, katawng, singka ni yawng hpe nta ndaw de shaw da na matu htet dat ai." "Shi chyeju sa htang na nga tsun ai," ngu na shi madu jan hpe bai htai ai da. Myi kaw na ndai myit kaja ai shanhte ni gaw myit hkrum myit ra re ai nta re majaw she, shi madu jan, shi na kasha ni, nta masha ni yawng gaw, dai myit kaja ai la wa tsun ai hku na hkan galaw lajang na she nta shawng kaw kaja wa sha shingnoi, katawng ni yawng hpe shaw tawn da ai da. Shaw tawn da rai na shanhte ni gaw yup mat sai da. Yup rai na, hpang jahpawt du rai jang gaw kaja wa sha dai shingnoi, katawng ni yawng kaw wa ja ni hpring tup rai na rawng taw ai da. Shing rai na shanhte ni gaw grai lu su na nga pyaw mat sai da. Shanhte nga pyaw mat ai hte maren shanhte ni gaw shanhte makau grup-yin hkan yak ai ni yawng hpe mung garum la ai da. Dai shiga hpe she myit n kaja ai htinggaw ni gaw bai na sai da. Dai myit n kaja ai nta na la wa gaw sa wa na she dai myit kaja ai la hpe sa san sai da. "E, hkau e, nanhte nta kaw nam shan ni sha gap sha ai wa," "ganing rai na ndai ram lu su nga mu nga mai byin mat ai rai ta?" ngu san re shaloi she dai myit kaja ai wa la gaw "Ngai nam kaw sharaw langai hpe lu hkam ai." "Gap sat na hkyen yang she" "shi hpe n gap sat na matu tawngban na" "shi chyeju htang ya na ngu tsun ai," ngu na she myi shi hpe tsun dat ai hku lam ni yawng hpe atsin ayang dai myit n kaja ai la wa hpe tsun dan ai da. Dai myit n kaja ai la wa mung myit kaja ai la na zawn sha bai nam de shan sa hkam da ai da. Kaja wa sharaw bai lu hkam na she, dai sharaw wa mung myi na zawn sha bai dai myit n kaja ai la wa hpe tawngban na n sat na matu tsun na chyeju htang ya na lam bai htet dat ai da. Htet dat rai jang gaw dai myit n kaja ai la wa gaw nta de du sai da. Nta de du rai jang gaw shi madu jan gaw san sai da. "Hpa shan n lu ai i?" ngu san yang gaw dai myit n kaja ai la wa gaw sharaw htet dat ai hku na shi madu jan hpe atsim ayang tsun dan rai jang gaw shi madu jan gaw n kam ai da. N kam na she hpa tsun ai i nga yang "Gara kaw na ja ni wa mi sa bang na?" "Sharaw hkyi ni she n hpring dabap taw na i?" ngu tsun ai da. Rai ti mung dai myit n kaja ai la wa gaw lauban mayu ai majaw she shi madu jan n chye hkra shingnoi katawng ni yawng hpe nta ndaw kaw sa shaw da ai da. Sa shaw da rai na yup sai da. Yup rai jang gaw myi kaw na shanhte ni gaw myit n hkrum ai nta rai rai jang she hpang jahpawt rawt yu ai shaloi gaw shingnoi katawng ni yawng kaw wa kaja wa sharaw hkyi ni ma hkra hte hpring tup rai mat ai da. Dai hku sharaw hkyi hkrai rawng taw ai da. Dai kaw na she dai myit n kaja ai ni gaw myit malai lu mat rai na kaja ai ga hpe sha tsun, myit hkrum myit hkrum man rum rai na nta htingbu ni yawng hpe arau sha atsawm sha pyaw pyaw rai na nga mat ma ai da. Yawng hpe grai chyeju kaba sai law.
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